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Pelican

Pelicans (genus Pelecanus) are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterized by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing. They have predominantly pale plumage, except for the brown and Peruvian pelicans. The bills, pouches, and…

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related to Evolution and fossil record · 20
Pelican → According, Birket Qarun Formation, Both, Early Miocene, Egypt, Eocene, Eopelecanus, France, In, Later, Luberon, Michigan, Miopelecanus, Pelecanus, Priabonian, Some, Their, This, University, Wadi El Hitan
related to Poisoning and pollution · 19
Pelican → About, American, April, Brandt's, California, DDE, DDT, Florida, In, It, Its, Louisiana, May, North America, Pseudo-nitzschia, Salton Sea, Santa Cruz, Since, US
related to Cited texts · 18
Pelican → Andrew, Barcelona, Birds, Ducks, Elliott, Family Pelecanidae, Handbook, Hoyo, In, ISBN, Jordi, Josep, Lynx Edicions, Ostrich, Pelicans, Sargatal, Volume, World
related to National and regional symbols · 18
Pelican → Albanian, Alcatraz Island, Arabic, As, Barbados, Caribbean, Dalmatian, In, Louisiana, Nevis, Pelican State, Romania, Saint Kitts, Sint Maarten, Spanish, The, The English, United States
related to Distribution and habitat · 16
Pelican → Amazon River, American, Antarctica, Australia, Australian, Birds, Canada, Galapagos, Modern, New Zealand's South Island, North, South, South America, Subfossil, Tasmania, They
related to Culling and disturbance · 14
Pelican → American, Cape, Dyer Island, Even, Great, Idaho, More, Pelicans, South Africa, South African, Starting, This, US, Western Cape
related to Populations · 14
Pelican → All, Caribbean, DDT, Globally, IUCN, Most, Numbers, Peru, Peruvian, The, The National Audubon Society, United States, US, With
related to Feeding · 11
Pelican → Africa, Although, Dalmatian, Europe, For, In, Large, Nearer, Pelicans, The, When
related to history · 10
Pelican → Carl Linnaeus, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, French, He, Pelecanidae, Pelecanus, Pelicanea, Systema Naturae, The, This
related to Breeding and lifespan · 9
Pelican → Australia, Colonies, In, Lake Eyre, Pairs, Pelicans, The, The Australian, They

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pelicans species brown white may also birds fish water breeding large great population pouch feeding australian bird young numbers peruvian

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Pelicanis anational bird of Romania0.90text
Pelicanis anational bird of three Caribbean countries0.90text
Pelicanis asubject of a popular limerick originally composed by Dixon Lanier Merritt in 1910 with several variations by other authors0.90text
disturbance at nesting coloniesinstance ofdirect effects of human activity0.80text
huntinginstance ofdirect effects of human activity0.80text
cullinginstance ofdirect effects of human activity0.80text
entanglement in fishing linesinstance ofdirect effects of human activity0.80text
hooksinstance ofdirect effects of human activity0.80text
and the presence of pollutants such as DDTinstance ofdirect effects of human activity0.80text
endrininstance ofdirect effects of human activity0.80text
Pelicanrelated to Air sacsAnatomical0.60section
Pelicanrelated to Air sacsThe0.60section

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